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Of course, the more you know about a person, you more you recognize that he or she as a real person. Especially if you start collecting stories about them. They aren't just a collection of facts, but were real people with fears and aspirations, and challenges and victories in their lives. As you get to know them as real people, like with all people, you will begin to develop a personal interest in them. This is the fun of family history, you make friends of the people you are researching. | Of course, the more you know about a person, you more you recognize that he or she as a real person. Especially if you start collecting stories about them. They aren't just a collection of facts, but were real people with fears and aspirations, and challenges and victories in their lives. As you get to know them as real people, like with all people, you will begin to develop a personal interest in them. This is the fun of family history, you make friends of the people you are researching. | ||
That is what the difference is between genealogical research and family history work. Family history work includes the research for names, dates, and places of genealogy, but family history is so much more. Family history is getting to know the people to whom those facts belong. Their lives, and their stories | That is what the difference is between genealogical research and family history work. Family history work includes the research for names, dates, and places of genealogy, but family history is so much more. Family history is getting to know the people to whom those facts belong. Their lives, and their stories. | ||
The way, then, to make family history simple and fun is to organize yourself so that you focus on one person at at time and really get to know them. It is people who do this that develop a passion for family history. And who couldn't use another friend? | The way, then, to make family history simple and fun is to organize yourself so that you focus on one person at at time and really get to know them. It is people who do this that develop a passion for family history. And who couldn't use another friend? | ||